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<h1 style="font-family:Helvetica;">Freesteel Slice, command line tool</h1>
<h4 style="font-family:Helvetica;">Version 1.5</h4>
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After installation, these files and directories exist in your chosen installation folder (this is 
<a href="file://C:\Program Files (x86)\Freesteel Slicer">C:\Program Files (x86)\Freesteel Slicer</a>):
<ul>
<li><b>dist:</b>
<br>Contains all DLLs and executables. The installation should have added this to your PATH environment, so that you can execute 'slice.exe'
from the command line.</li>
    
<li><b>Freesteel.URL</b>
<br>Internet shortcut to our website.</li>

<li><b>
<a href="file://C:\Program Files (x86)\Freesteel Slicer/example_popen.py">example_popen.py</a></b>
<br>A python script example, showing how you could integrate the executable in your own application using JSON. You should have some familiarity with python. 
A similar approach should work for any other programming language, as long as you can execute shell commands, read their standard output stream and decode JSON.</li>

<li><b>Readme.html</b>
<br>This file.</li>


<li><b>
<a href="file://C:\Program Files (x86)\Freesteel Slicer/Cube10.stl">Cube10.stl</a></b>
<br>An example of an STL file (ASCII format), a cube of size 10mm.</li>

<li><b>
<a href="file://C:\Program Files (x86)\Freesteel Slicer/Cube10.stl">testpart.STL</a></b>
<br>Another example of an STL file (ASCII format).</li>
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<p>Open a command prompt, for example clicking on "Start" and type "cmd" into the search dialog, or "Run" form (depending on your version of MS Windows)
Then type:
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>slice
<p>or
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>slice
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Freesteel Slicer\Cube10.stl"

<p>More instructions can be found on the <a href="http://www.freesteel.co.uk/wpblog/slicer">Freesteel website</a>.

<p>Contact:<a href="mailto://team@freesteel.co.uk">team@freesteel.co.uk</a>
<p><i>2012-04-18</i>
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